BURKE’S PEERAGE & GENTRY: WORLD ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD & MERIT,
by Guy Stair Sainty and Rafal Heydel-Mankoo, Wilmington DE, 2006, oversize hardback in slipcase, English language, 2084 pages (Volume 1: pages 1 to 1086; Volume 2, pages 1087 to 2084), illustrated throughout in colour (2)
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A monumental; study of the extant orders of knighthood
and merit of every state: the surviving Orders
of Religious-Military Origin, the great European single class
Collar Orders, Extant Orders of Chivalry,
Dynastic, House and Royal Service Orders, Ladies Orders, State Merit Orders(
the largest section) and Orders of Other Institutions.
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work is extremely hard to find.
